The Berlin International Economics Congress 2011
”An International Conference on the Future of Nation Branding, Tourism and International Investments in a Globalized World”
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Congress Speakers
We are privileged to include as speakers many distinguished experts from the fields of international politics, economists, diplomacy, the private sector and civil society.Speakers for the Congress include:
- The Hon. Akua Sena Dansua
Minister for Tourism of Ghana - The Hon. Al Imam Al Sadig Al Mahdi
Former Prime minister of Sudan - The Hon. Alberto Jose Guevara Obregon
Minister of Treasury and Public Credit of Nicaragua, Minister of Finance of Nicaragua - President Dr. Alfredo Palacio
Former President of Ecuador; ICD Advisory Board Member - Dr. Ariel King
Founder of the Ariel Foundation International Women Impacting Policy, Permanent Representative for the National Council of Women at the United Nations - Armands Slokenbergs
Director, Latvian Tourism Development Agency - H.E Ambassador Ahmada R. Ngemera
Ambassador of Tanzania to Germany; Former Minister of Industry, Trade, and Marketing for Tanzania; Former Deputy Secretary General of the East African Community, responsible for Finance and Administration - H.E. Ambassador. Clémentine Shakembo Kamanga
Ambassador of Congo to Germany - H.E Ambassador Dan Mulhall
Ambassador of Ireland to Germany - Daniel Fouchard
Haitian Ministry of Tourism - The Hon. Dimitrij Rupel
Former Foreign Minister of Slovenia - The Hon. Edmund Bartlett
Minister of Tourism of Jamaica - H.E Ambassador Eddy Pratomo
Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia to Germany - Dr. Endre Horváth
Deputy State Secretary Ministry for National Economy, Hungary - The Hon. Dr. Erhard Busek
Former Vice-Chancellor of Austria, Former Minister for Education & Cultural Affairs; ICD Advisory Board Member; Former Minister for Science and Research; Advisor to ECIKS (Economic Initiative for Kosovo) - Erwin Feldhaus
Director of “ProMéxico” for Middle and Eastern Europe - H.E Ambassador Fesseha Asghedom Tessema
Ethiopian Ambassador to Germany - The Hon. Filippe Savadogo
Minister of Culture, Tourism and Communication of Burkina Faso - The Hon. Frédéric Pierret
Executive Director, World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) - Dr. Gerhard Prätorius
Head of Coordination CSR and Sustainability, Volkswagen AG; ICD Advisory Board Member - The Hon. Dr. Grzegorz W. Kolodko
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Poland; Professor of Economics, Kozminski University, Poland - His Excellency Minister Ho Anh Tuan
Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam - H.E Ambassador Imomudin Sattorov
Ambassador of Tajikistan in Germany - H.E Ambassador Jacky Foo
Ambassador of Singapore to Germany - The Hon. Lord Jack McConnell
Former First Minister of Scotland; Former Treasurer to the Stirling District Council; ICD Advisory Board Member - Dr. Joao Freire
Brand Consultant for Brandia Central Regional; Editor for Europe, Middle East and Africa for the journal Place Branding and Public Diplomacy journal - The Hon. Sir James R. Mancham
Former President of the Republic of Seychelles; ICD Advisory Board Member - The Hon. Janez Jansa
Former Prime minister of Slovenia; president of the Slovenian Democratic Party; ICD Advisory Board Member - The Hon. Jean-Paul Adam
Foreign Minister of the Republic of Seychelles - Mr. John Lynch
Chairman of the Jamaican Tourism Board - The Hon. Jose Domingo Arias Villalaz
Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade of Nicaragua - Jose Filipe Torres
CEO and Head of Strategy at Bloom Consulting - H.E Ambassador Joy Wheeler
Ambassador of Jamaica to Germany; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade - Dr. Keith Dinnie
Associate Professor of Business, Temple University Japan - The Hon. Dr. Ken Lipenga
Malawi Minister of Tourism and Culture - The Hon. Kingsley Makhubela
Director-General of the National Department of Tourism of South Africa - H.E Ambassador Dr. Makase Nyaphisi
Ambassador of Lesotho to Germany - Mary Kimonye
Chief Executive Officer, Brand Kenya Board - María Elena Agüero
Deputy Secretary General of the Club of Madrid - Dr. Mary Lambkin
Professor of Marketing, School of Business, UCD Quinn School of Business, University College Dublin, Ireland - H.E Ambassador Mosud Mannan
Ambassador of Bangladesh to Germany - The Hon. Nahas Angula
Prime minister of Namibia - N'Diaye Bah
Minister of Tourism of Mali - Niall Gibbons
Chief Executive of Tourism Ireland - H.E Ambassador Norman Garcia Paz
Ambassador of Honduras to Spain; Former Minister of Trade and Industry of Honduras; Former Minister of Tourism of Honduras - The Hon. Ousman Jammeh
Former Minister of Energy of Gambia; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Gambia - The Hon. Rajesh Jeetah
Minister of Tertiary Education,Science ,Research and Technology of the Republic of Mauritius - Robert A. Saunders, Ph.D
(Assistant Professor, Department of History, Economics & Politics, State University of New York) - H. E. Ambassador Tolendy Makeev
Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to Germany - Valerija Mencej
Head of State Promotion Section, Slovenia - The Hon. Victoria Saidu Kamara
Minister of Tourism and Cultural Affairs, Sierra Leone - The Hon. Walter Mzembi
Tourism Minister of Zimbabwe
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